Welcome to the Common Content Project
In response to the globalisation of business activity, the single market and regulatory harmonisation, nine of Europe's leading accountancy Institutes are working together to bring their professional qualifications closer together.
The "Common Content Project" is a collaboration between premier accountancy bodies to develop, maintain and unify high quality professional accountancy education benchmarks reflected in the distinct qualifications of these bodies and recognised internationally as meeting the challenges posed by globalisation and the needs of diverse stakeholders. Common Content seeks to internationalise and harmonise the high quality educational outcomes for relevant skills of professional accountants, of premier accountancy bodies, that are subject to globalisation and changing public expectations, while retaining the strength of local educational structures, qualifications and designations.
The participating Institutes have developed an approach to Common Content that focuses on the following services provided by professional accountants:
assurance and related services (ARS);
performance measurement and reporting (PMR);
strategic and business management (SBM);
financial management (FM); and
taxation and legal services (TLS).
The Institutes have agreed the learning outcomes that entry-level professional accountants need to achieve and the knowledge, skills and attributes they need to acquire in order to provide these services. The approved Project Documents can be accessed here.